A daily record.
Featuring photos of wild birds and nature, mainly from Okinawa Main Island and Ishigaki Island

Lesser Whistling Duck Forest Wagtail Iriomote Tit Daurian starling Javan pond heron

GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR

Go where the birds are. The SHIMASOBA Tour launches.

We'll drive you around Ishigaki Island to wherever the birds are showing best that day. Observation is mostly from inside the vehicle, and we keep it to a maximum of 3 guests so everyone can take their time.

Max. 3 guests 4 hours in the morning Beginners welcome
Check availability and book

雨の中ミヤマホオジロ飛来

雨の中、ミヤマホオジロのオスが飛来しました。かなり疲れた様子で車両が横を通過しても逃げず、動きも緩慢でした。

シベリアアオジのオスが牧草地の農道にいましたが、姿はチラチラ見えるものの草むらに入ってばかりで写真には納められず…。

Yellow-throated Bunting
Yellow-throated Bunting

An adult male Yellow-throated Bunting in the process of moulting from winter to summer plumage. The old feathers are quite worn on this individual.

Yellow-throated Bunting
Yellow-throated Bunting

It was eating Bidens seeds on a path inside the park.

Categories: 野鳥

リュウキュウアカショウビンの季節到来(動画あり)

今年も石垣島の夏のアイドルでバードウオッチャーあこがれのリュウキュウアカショウビンの季節がやってきました。

2月下旬には鳴き声を確認し、3月半ばにはバンナ公園近くで姿も確認されていましたが、3月末ごろから徐々に数を増やし、4月に入ると例年通り、一夜にしてドカンと増えました。

数日前からは、自宅からもアカショウビンの鳴き声は聞こえてきます。^^

石垣島のアカショウビンは、5月ごろのピークをメインに4月から9月ごろまで楽しめます。繁殖が終わってからの7月以降は美しい姿も子育てに疲れてボロボロになるので前半がお勧めですね。

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

An adult female Ryukyu Kingfisher.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

Same individual as above. It was not particularly wary, making observation and photography easy.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

This is a male, but it wouldn't come out of the undergrowth, so this is the best I could manage…

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

Searching for prey while moving through the coastal forest.

Ruddy Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher

There were several moments when the Ruddy Kingfisher caught prey, but the light was too poor to see clearly… ^^;

Categories: 野鳥